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we have calls into senator mccain's office. but the report is he cannot support the syria draft resolution. so we know john mccain was onboard with the president's plan to strike syria. but the suggestion is that the plan has lost teeth. that it is not strong enougher to john mccain. we'll see if we can speak with him coming up. all of that when we take a quick break. we'll be right back in america's newsroom with more. waffle bars. ryan, your hotels' robes are fabulous. i have twelve of them. twelve? shhhh, i'm worth it& what i'm trying to say is, it's so hard to pick just one of you, so i'm choosing all of you with hotels.com. a loyalty program that requires no loyalty. plus members can win a free night every day only at hotels.com martha: we are back with a quickly moving story on syria. the big question right now is will president obama get the back he's seeking from congress? he needs that back he feels to gain it momentum to pull off a successful snriek syri -- a successful strike in syria to get international support whi
we have calls into senator mccain's office. but the report is he cannot support the syria draft resolution. so we know john mccain was onboard with the president's plan to strike syria. but the suggestion is that the plan has lost teeth. that it is not strong enougher to john mccain. we'll see if we can speak with him coming up. all of that when we take a quick break. we'll be right back in america's newsroom with more. waffle bars. ryan, your hotels' robes are fabulous. i have twelve of them....
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martha: senator mccain has been critical about the movement of the white house in all of this. the white house still hasn't said what they are going to do. politically this is a very difficult situation for them, very mixed feelings on it. >> it is difficult. i think senator mccain has to feel a certain sense of vindication, because he was making the argument very early that the united states needed to do something, and we often have these debates in the country about intervention and the ko*fss ocosts of intervention, and there are also costs of nonintervention. what we are looking at now is a situation in syria and in the region that is significantly worse and significantly more challenging than it would have been with a rather limited intervention 18 months ago when the obama administration was sending robert ford as the new ambassador to present his papers to bashar al-assad in damascus. martha: the parameters are very vague in terms of what they said we are going to do. now the president does really need to come forward does he not and articulate, what is our vision? what
martha: senator mccain has been critical about the movement of the white house in all of this. the white house still hasn't said what they are going to do. politically this is a very difficult situation for them, very mixed feelings on it. >> it is difficult. i think senator mccain has to feel a certain sense of vindication, because he was making the argument very early that the united states needed to do something, and we often have these debates in the country about intervention and the...
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senator john mccain will also play a role. interesting because mccain has a very similar resume to john kerry but a very different political philosophy. last night with greta van sus traivan susteren he talked about serrie as secretary of indicate. >> reporter: john and i don't agree on a lot of issues but we have a relationship which was forged years ago, and so i have confidence that he will carry out the president's agenda and serve the president. >> reporter: mccain said he would not have selected john kerry to be secretary of state because they obviously have a very different philosophy. he does expect that kerry will be effective in carrying out obama's philosophy. martha: when they make these nominees they know they have some that will be easy, some are more heavy lifting. where does this one fall. >> reporter: john kerry is the least controversial of the ones coming up right now. 50% of independents would and most of the democrats would. if you were senator would you vote to confirm john kerry as secretary of state. 54
senator john mccain will also play a role. interesting because mccain has a very similar resume to john kerry but a very different political philosophy. last night with greta van sus traivan susteren he talked about serrie as secretary of indicate. >> reporter: john and i don't agree on a lot of issues but we have a relationship which was forged years ago, and so i have confidence that he will carry out the president's agenda and serve the president. >> reporter: mccain said he...
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john mccain, senator john mccain of arizona and lindsey graham are on opposite sides of the fence on this issue. mccain a veteran himself of course, supported the bill in order to get some kind of a budget deal passed while lindsey graham opposed the bipartisan agreement because of this very measure, the cut to increases in veterans retirement benefits. the battle bound to continue when congress comes back next year, jamie. jamie: steve, we know you will keep us posted on that. thank you so much. >> reporter: you bet. jamie: gregg? gregg: mounting tensions in egypt now as supporters of the muslim brotherhood call for widespread demonstrations today. protesting military-led governments designating them as a terrorist group. one person already reportedly killed today. lisa daktari joins us, middle east journalist and fox news contributor. good to see you. according to the new law, the muslim brotherhood is outlawed. anybody that does anything to support them can be arrested immediately and face as long prison term. all the protesters who dare go out there today could end up bind bars.
john mccain, senator john mccain of arizona and lindsey graham are on opposite sides of the fence on this issue. mccain a veteran himself of course, supported the bill in order to get some kind of a budget deal passed while lindsey graham opposed the bipartisan agreement because of this very measure, the cut to increases in veterans retirement benefits. the battle bound to continue when congress comes back next year, jamie. jamie: steve, we know you will keep us posted on that. thank you so...
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that is john mccain. >> i have heard that from my daughter and her friends. it's not just sexual abuse, it's harassment, intimidation. get rid of it. sister owe tolerance. martha: thank you so much. always good to see you. bill: the price turned out to be wrong for one federal worker how a game show is putting that person now on the hot seat. who goodnight. thanks, olivia. thank you. so you can make a payment from your cell to almost anyone's phone or email. (speaking french) so you can express your gratitude... in the moment. chase quickpay. so you can. martha: come on down and get busted on national television, busted. a former postal carrier from north carolina faces fraud charges after she was seen spinning the big old wheel there and that takes some strength on "the price is right" game show. she was collecting worker's comp for a shoulder injure. she claims she was unable to sit, stand, kneel, squat or bend. that is what you have to do on "the price is right." the woman and her husband went on a cruise where they both went what? zip lining. bill: you co
that is john mccain. >> i have heard that from my daughter and her friends. it's not just sexual abuse, it's harassment, intimidation. get rid of it. sister owe tolerance. martha: thank you so much. always good to see you. bill: the price turned out to be wrong for one federal worker how a game show is putting that person now on the hot seat. who goodnight. thanks, olivia. thank you. so you can make a payment from your cell to almost anyone's phone or email. (speaking french) so you can...
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martha: very interesting take from senator mccain there. he says he is disappointed that the white house is opposed to pursuing regime change in syria but suggested that those strikes would simply help change the momentum in this conflict. bill: mccain made the arguments for some time. so far he has been unsuccessful. this is a map of syria hyped me. there are numerous airstrips and air force areas for the syrian military. we have focused on six throughout the country now that we believe could be potential targets used by the syrian regime for the past two-and-a-half years in the war. simply put here is damascus where there are three of these. homs would be here and aleppo in the north. these are three areas of strategy for where you would think perhaps an attack would be launched. general jack keane, a retired four-star general and former vice chief of staff for the army and a fox news military analyst. general, good morning to you. six primary targets, is that something you would see in a planning stage here? >> i think so. i think you ha
martha: very interesting take from senator mccain there. he says he is disappointed that the white house is opposed to pursuing regime change in syria but suggested that those strikes would simply help change the momentum in this conflict. bill: mccain made the arguments for some time. so far he has been unsuccessful. this is a map of syria hyped me. there are numerous airstrips and air force areas for the syrian military. we have focused on six throughout the country now that we believe could...
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senator john mccain acknowledged that reality yesterday. >> give you a little straight talk. look at the last election. look at the last election. we are lose drag mat i canly the hispanic vote which we think should be ours for a variety of reasons and we've got to understand that. >> reporter: so, a senate bill on immigration reform could be debated this spring. we'll see how that goes, bill. bill: thank you, steve. steve centanni in washington. martha has a bit more. martha: lawmakers of course made the round on the sunday talk shows and they expressed their support for the deal. here is some of that. >> cautiously optimistic. someone who spent years between the house and the senate trying to comprehensive immigration reform i'm cauautiously optimistic. i see the right spirit. i see things that were once off the table for agreement and discussion being on the table. serious pathway forward. >> i think those rubio principles do a really good job of adhering to the founding principles, respecting the rule of law and respecting those who came here for a better life. martha: al
senator john mccain acknowledged that reality yesterday. >> give you a little straight talk. look at the last election. look at the last election. we are lose drag mat i canly the hispanic vote which we think should be ours for a variety of reasons and we've got to understand that. >> reporter: so, a senate bill on immigration reform could be debated this spring. we'll see how that goes, bill. bill: thank you, steve. steve centanni in washington. martha has a bit more. martha:...
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senator mccain just returned from a trip to egypt. he believes that the world's largest arab country needs to move for word with a new election. coming up we'll have more on the u.s. response to all this. whether the policy out of the white house is helping or hurting at this point. hard to tell but we'll lay out facts for you. bill: nine minutes past the hour. what a move back to a story out of california. kidnapped teenager hannah anderson making her first public appearance since her rescue, arriving unexpectedly at a california fund-raiser for her family. she did knot speak but her dad had this to say. >> i have talked directly with the horsemen and that went very well given -- our love and gratitude. it was a wonderful thing. it was a chance encounter. but it did save my daughter's life. other than that, hannah sends her love. she is doing good day by day. we'll keep moving forward from here. bill: also the money from the fund-raiser will help cover funeral expenses for her mother and brother, both allegedly killed by family frien
senator mccain just returned from a trip to egypt. he believes that the world's largest arab country needs to move for word with a new election. coming up we'll have more on the u.s. response to all this. whether the policy out of the white house is helping or hurting at this point. hard to tell but we'll lay out facts for you. bill: nine minutes past the hour. what a move back to a story out of california. kidnapped teenager hannah anderson making her first public appearance since her rescue,...
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martha: senator mccain has been a strong proponent of giving u.s. weapons to the syrian rebels. bill: in a volatile part of the world has gotten more of that over the weekend too, martha. here is the region. specifically, syria, lebanon, israel for the focus of this particular segment. advance it one time. this is what we believe based on the reporting we're getting, if the fighter jets took off from israel down here in the south and went north into lebanon the reports suggest that these missiles were launched on behalf of the israeli military, aimed for tar gets here at the airport which is just east of the capital city of damascus. what were the israelis after? apparently there was a storage area that was east of the capital city. advance it one time. this would have been the rocket, the fatah 110, that is iranian-made and stored in damascus and shifted further west into lebanon. this rocket can travel ground to ground at least 110 miles in the area. possibly much further than that. if a group such as hezbollah would get its hands on it. why is that such a concern? i'll tell y
martha: senator mccain has been a strong proponent of giving u.s. weapons to the syrian rebels. bill: in a volatile part of the world has gotten more of that over the weekend too, martha. here is the region. specifically, syria, lebanon, israel for the focus of this particular segment. advance it one time. this is what we believe based on the reporting we're getting, if the fighter jets took off from israel down here in the south and went north into lebanon the reports suggest that these...
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senator john mccain blasting rush shells giving him asylum. it is a slap in the face of all americans. jamie: chris wallace, anchor of "fox news sunday" is joining to us talk about that. hey, chris. >> how are you, jamie? jamie: good. let me ask you about, what is the impact, based on beltway buzz plus those you talked to of snowden getting to remain there? have we lost all our options to get him back? >> well, for the foreseeable future, yeah, because he has temporary asylum in russia which lasts at least a year. i suppose we can continue to put pressure opt russians but if they wanted to make him get on a plane to come back to face justice in the u.s. they have already done it. so it certainly seems like our options are limited and you know, you would have so guess that snowden will be staying in russia longer than shorter. jamie: the u.s. actually said to russia, they would take certain things off the table in terms of punishment and questioning and yet russia still stood fast to, as we said, you know, throw their thumb at us and not cooper
senator john mccain blasting rush shells giving him asylum. it is a slap in the face of all americans. jamie: chris wallace, anchor of "fox news sunday" is joining to us talk about that. hey, chris. >> how are you, jamie? jamie: good. let me ask you about, what is the impact, based on beltway buzz plus those you talked to of snowden getting to remain there? have we lost all our options to get him back? >> well, for the foreseeable future, yeah, because he has temporary...
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bill: looking forward to that conversation with senator mccain, jenna. you know, that's -- that prison is now an open of of air market. i have seen it. jenna: unbelievable. bill: yeah. and his reflections on it, too, they're quite striking. thanks, looking forward to that. jenna: thanks, bill. bill: getting closer and closer to $17 trillion in debt, america. why now some say president obama's concern about that is just a pr stunt. is that the case? oh this is soft. this is so so soft. hey hun, remember you only need a few sheets. hmph! [ female announcer ] charmin ultra soft is so soft you'll have to remind your family they can use less. ♪ charmin ultra soft is made with extra cushions that are soft and more absorbent. plus you can use four times less. hope you saved some for me. mhmm! you and the kids. we all go. why not enjoy the go with charmin ultra soft. that's not much, you think. except it's 2% every year. go to e-trade and find out how much our advice and guidance costs. spoiler alert: it's low. it's guidance on your terms, not ours. e-trade. l
bill: looking forward to that conversation with senator mccain, jenna. you know, that's -- that prison is now an open of of air market. i have seen it. jenna: unbelievable. bill: yeah. and his reflections on it, too, they're quite striking. thanks, looking forward to that. jenna: thanks, bill. bill: getting closer and closer to $17 trillion in debt, america. why now some say president obama's concern about that is just a pr stunt. is that the case? oh this is soft. this is so so soft. hey hun,...
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is john mccain right, the truth was covered up? >> of course. this has been a very cover-up from the very beginning. i was in the white house during watergate. i know all about cover-ups. the administration has a dumb policy they get caught in the dumb policy and they scramble to cover up the dumb policy but eventually the truth wills out. gregg: hillary clinton's top aide demanded that the truth be concealed from the american public. here is her e-mail. we'll put that on the screen. this is victoria knew land t could be abused by members of the congress for beating up the state department for notae paying attention to warnings. so why would we want to feed that, either, meaning the truth. concerned. she said the building's leadership wanted those deletions. does that mean hillary clinton wanted them? >> you know hillary clinton wanted them but hillary clinton, or her immediate assistants. when i was in the pentagon during the reagan administration i was the spokesman. the person who was the spokesman at the state department has only two bosses,
is john mccain right, the truth was covered up? >> of course. this has been a very cover-up from the very beginning. i was in the white house during watergate. i know all about cover-ups. the administration has a dumb policy they get caught in the dumb policy and they scramble to cover up the dumb policy but eventually the truth wills out. gregg: hillary clinton's top aide demanded that the truth be concealed from the american public. here is her e-mail. we'll put that on the screen. this...
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there was talk about john mccain this morning, you have mentioned a few others in your piece. what do you think, how is that looking? >> john mccain's currency inside his party is not tremendously strong right now, but people like paul ryan, dave camp -- dave camp is the republican from michigan who leads the house ways and means committee, ryan the former vice presidential nominee who runs the budget team -- they're trying to keep together a coalition of more moderate republicans to say, look, if we can stick this out, if we can stick together for just a while longer, they might be able to get what they've wanted all along which is a full year, stop this cliff diving month after month and get some changes so that the american people can have some certainty and republicans can get out of jail. martha: boy, if they could come up with a way to do that, i think there would be a lot of folks in this country who would be imprettiesed, if they could come out with an actual budget. [laughter] how many years has it been since they actually did their job and came up with a budget? thre
there was talk about john mccain this morning, you have mentioned a few others in your piece. what do you think, how is that looking? >> john mccain's currency inside his party is not tremendously strong right now, but people like paul ryan, dave camp -- dave camp is the republican from michigan who leads the house ways and means committee, ryan the former vice presidential nominee who runs the budget team -- they're trying to keep together a coalition of more moderate republicans to say,...
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a second guided missile destroyer, the uss detate cure will -- decatur, will john join the uss john mccain. they are poised to respond to missile threats against the allies and the united states. served its purpose, the f-22 stealth fighters are set to head back to their home base back in japan. so far at least, guys, we have not heard any new utterances today from the north korean leader, kim jong-un. but his ally, have been busy. we heard a top official in beijing met with the u.s. ambassador there and ambassadors to north and south korea. china says they are concerned and they're calling on all sides to, in their words, remain calm and exercise restraint. maybe breathe in deeply as well. back to you. bill: greg, thank you. greg palkot in london. how dangerous is all the heated talk out of north korea? and could the wrong move lead to a bigger conflict or even the possibility of war? we'll be joined by our fox news military analyst, general jack keane a bit later this morning to talk to him about all of that. three minutes past the hour. martha? martha: this is big headline this morning.
a second guided missile destroyer, the uss detate cure will -- decatur, will john join the uss john mccain. they are poised to respond to missile threats against the allies and the united states. served its purpose, the f-22 stealth fighters are set to head back to their home base back in japan. so far at least, guys, we have not heard any new utterances today from the north korean leader, kim jong-un. but his ally, have been busy. we heard a top official in beijing met with the u.s. ambassador...
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i remember john mccain say egg we lost two of those people in a 7 or 8-hour change. that would make him a tough statement for him to defend on. >> you heard other people familiar with the assets in the region suggest that we could have had a flyover to try to disperse this angry crowd. what i found interesting about what secretary panetta said. he seems to be blaming the intelligence community saying we need better intelligence. certainly there are many reports that we know about that the intelligence community had been feeding up into the state department. had been making on its own. warning about the kind of unrest and instaability in benghazi caused by these jihadist groups. we saw repeated reports about that. so there were lots of reports about the general stability in that area to say nothing of potentially reports about that day. martha: what do you think the potential is for this hearing thursday. lindsey graham did not want the haguele hearings to go ahead until panetta was questioned extensively on what he knows. they spent most their time talk rather than a
i remember john mccain say egg we lost two of those people in a 7 or 8-hour change. that would make him a tough statement for him to defend on. >> you heard other people familiar with the assets in the region suggest that we could have had a flyover to try to disperse this angry crowd. what i found interesting about what secretary panetta said. he seems to be blaming the intelligence community saying we need better intelligence. certainly there are many reports that we know about that the...
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>> we'll have john mccain talk about national security. nancy pelosi, of course the president's state of the union address is tuesday. he will lay out his agenda for the second term. we'll have an exclusive interview with house democratic leader nancy pelosi who agrees with the president's agenda. whether it is immigration reform or gun control or the president's opposition to the sequestration and his solution which is, some spending cuts. but also, some serious tax increases. we'll talk with nancy pelosi about that on sunday. alisyn: all right. chris. we'll be watching. thanks a lot. >> you bet. thanks, ali. rick: one of america's most prominent families falling victim to a hacking attack. personal e-mail accounts of former president george h.w. bush and his family broken into. the fallout from this violation of their privacy next. alisyn: and new information on a massive weapons shipment that was intercepted on the high seas heading to yemen. details on who may have sent those weapons and why. alisyn: the nation's roman catholic bishops
>> we'll have john mccain talk about national security. nancy pelosi, of course the president's state of the union address is tuesday. he will lay out his agenda for the second term. we'll have an exclusive interview with house democratic leader nancy pelosi who agrees with the president's agenda. whether it is immigration reform or gun control or the president's opposition to the sequestration and his solution which is, some spending cuts. but also, some serious tax increases. we'll talk...
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it almost killed john mccain's presidential campaign in 2007 and 2008. he began to run around saying secure the border first. that was his mantra after almost dying by supporting immigration reform. it will be very important what the president says and rubio's chief of staff was tweeting out last night that it was possible that something the president proposed could be a deal killer. last thing, bill, is that the plan is not written at all in the senate. it will go to the senate judiciary committee where patrick leahy has a liberal rating of 95 to 100, depending what liberal group you're be looking at. a lot of people on the left and democrat are looking for him to liberalize the bill quite a bit. that could also be a deal-killer for republicans. bill: quickly here. are republicans going to be behind this based on what you heard so far? >> reporter: i think the republicans who opposed it back in '06 and '07, if they're still in the senate they will oppose it today despite the election results of 2012. if you listen to senator jeff sessions of alabama see
it almost killed john mccain's presidential campaign in 2007 and 2008. he began to run around saying secure the border first. that was his mantra after almost dying by supporting immigration reform. it will be very important what the president says and rubio's chief of staff was tweeting out last night that it was possible that something the president proposed could be a deal killer. last thing, bill, is that the plan is not written at all in the senate. it will go to the senate judiciary...
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arizona republicans john mccain and jeff flake hosting michael bennet. saying that it could have a positive effect on negotiations. byron york, chief political correspondent for the "washington examiner" and fox news contributor. he joins us now. hi, byron. >> hi, alisyn. alisyn: how could the trip to the u.s.-mexican border have any positive effect on any negotiations today? >> we're getting kind of conflicted signals the progress of the gang of eight actually is. charles schumer, one. democrats who will be in arizona today, said very optimistic things, saying we're moving along, moving along making a lot of progress, but senator john mccain of arizona, also there today, said at a town hall in arizona on monday they're still is disagreement on things and they might not reach an agreement certainly not anytime in the next couple weeks. alisyn: yeah. >> so we're getting conflicting signals about how much progress is being made in those secret gang of eight negotiations. alisyn: here is what we hear trickling out from the negotiations. the republicans say
arizona republicans john mccain and jeff flake hosting michael bennet. saying that it could have a positive effect on negotiations. byron york, chief political correspondent for the "washington examiner" and fox news contributor. he joins us now. hi, byron. >> hi, alisyn. alisyn: how could the trip to the u.s.-mexican border have any positive effect on any negotiations today? >> we're getting kind of conflicted signals the progress of the gang of eight actually is. charles...
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bill: senators graham and mccain were in egypt earlier in the month, a few weeks back? they were trying to negotiate some sort of a peaceful solution to the crisis and figure out a fact-finding mission of their own on the ground in cairo. martha: unbelievable to think of the prospect of a failed state in egypt. so how did we get here? let's go back to the timeline, june 29th, the beginning of the summer, 22 million egyptians sign ad petition and they were not happy with the leadership of mohammed morse system they wanted him to step down. the next day large-scale demonstrations break out, millions of people in the street denouncing morsi's government. july 23rd, the army kicked morsi at of office and detained him and moved him to undisclosed location. yesterday there were reports of 525 people killed, close to 4,000 hurt in the violent crackdown on groups that emerged in the street which was pro-morsi, pro-muslim brotherhood protesters who came out to try to him back into office. it made this one of egypt's deadliest times ever and it continues today in the streets. bil
bill: senators graham and mccain were in egypt earlier in the month, a few weeks back? they were trying to negotiate some sort of a peaceful solution to the crisis and figure out a fact-finding mission of their own on the ground in cairo. martha: unbelievable to think of the prospect of a failed state in egypt. so how did we get here? let's go back to the timeline, june 29th, the beginning of the summer, 22 million egyptians sign ad petition and they were not happy with the leadership of...
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remember that the president still has the bully pulpit and he said in 2008 by way of criticizing john mccain this a president should than able to walk and chew gum at the same time. this president has shown the ability to do that, and since he does have such enormous leverage, if he decides to pursue immigration reform i think that he will probably do it in the next couple of months, maybe after the debt ceiling debate. but remember, there is political motivation, bill on both sides in order to get something on immigration done, for the democrats to try to lock in that huge majority of latino vote and for the republicans to try to at least make some headway among latinos. bill: to that point, doug pick up where monica left off there. how do republicans put their fingerprints on immigration reform so that they can gain advantage as well? >> they have to do something they've not done since president bush which is to come out with their own comprehensive immigration reform program that involves both border security, penalties for employers who hire illegals, but offers a real path to citizenshi
remember that the president still has the bully pulpit and he said in 2008 by way of criticizing john mccain this a president should than able to walk and chew gum at the same time. this president has shown the ability to do that, and since he does have such enormous leverage, if he decides to pursue immigration reform i think that he will probably do it in the next couple of months, maybe after the debt ceiling debate. but remember, there is political motivation, bill on both sides in order to...
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martha: but the question is when, you look at a candidate like mitt romney or john mccain, some people look at this group you just talked about and they wonder if chris christie is more in that category? they say, should republicans be backing somebody more in the rand paul category is really more after firebrand and more of a, well, he is a libertarian and tea party supporter? somebody who is outside of that vain because some of those candidates been in the moderate camp have been unsuccessful? >> look, with all due respect i think mitt romney was probably the most conservative republican to run since ronald reagan and i think larry kudlow and others agreed with me on that point. so these, i think there is just a lot of mislabeling going on. the party is open to support from conservatives, traditional moderate republicans, libertarians and tea party. this is a party of inclusion. the democrats are the ones that seem to have everybody way over on the left-hand side of the seesaw and there is no balance in that party and i think that is the message republicans, including chris christie,
martha: but the question is when, you look at a candidate like mitt romney or john mccain, some people look at this group you just talked about and they wonder if chris christie is more in that category? they say, should republicans be backing somebody more in the rand paul category is really more after firebrand and more of a, well, he is a libertarian and tea party supporter? somebody who is outside of that vain because some of those candidates been in the moderate camp have been...
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senators levin and mccain said fire miss lerner. the new head of the irs said would you please resign. miss lerner said no, i have done nothing wrong. so the new head of the irs said you are on administrative leave. since you have not been convicted of anything you get paid while you are on leave. bill: how long does it last? >> reporter: that's a legal question. if miss lerner is forced to go back and testify again and if she refuses to answer questions she could be held in contempt of congress. does the many stop at that point? that's a legal question. we are not sure about that. anyway you slice it this money keeps on coming. bill: she has protection. how does that work? >> it's obviously a different situation from working in the private sector. for most private sector employees you refuse to answer questions from your boss and you are asked to clear off the desk and get out of there. in government it is very different, unless you are convicted of something you get paid. bill: she could come back again and answer questions. >> re
senators levin and mccain said fire miss lerner. the new head of the irs said would you please resign. miss lerner said no, i have done nothing wrong. so the new head of the irs said you are on administrative leave. since you have not been convicted of anything you get paid while you are on leave. bill: how long does it last? >> reporter: that's a legal question. if miss lerner is forced to go back and testify again and if she refuses to answer questions she could be held in contempt of...
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john mccain, we'll find out who is cooler. >> gretchen: see you tomorrow. bill: it is a day of history truly. in less than two hours pope benedict xvi departs the vatican as pope for the last time, a remarkable event that has not happened in some 600 years. long before cable. good morning, everybody we'll watch this together. i'm bill hemmer, welcome to "america's newsroom." lovely color. martha: lovely scene there in rome. it is incredible to watch. good morning, everybody. i'm martha. the pope is expected to depart the papal residence today. he will get on a helicopter. that will happen 11:00 our time. you will see it here on "america's newsroom". bill: the pontiff holding a final audience with the cardinals, the church leaders that will choose his successor from among their own ranks. his holiness sharing a brief, private moment with each one of the cardinals. he will stand behind their choice as he prays for them and the next pope in the coming days. >> translator: among you in the college of cardinals, there is the future pope to whom already today i p
john mccain, we'll find out who is cooler. >> gretchen: see you tomorrow. bill: it is a day of history truly. in less than two hours pope benedict xvi departs the vatican as pope for the last time, a remarkable event that has not happened in some 600 years. long before cable. good morning, everybody we'll watch this together. i'm bill hemmer, welcome to "america's newsroom." lovely color. martha: lovely scene there in rome. it is incredible to watch. good morning, everybody. i'm...
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but nor mccain is warning this situation he believes cannot be solved with a single missile attack alone. >> if the united states stands by and doesn't take serious action, not just launching some cruise missiles. our credibility in the world is diminishes even more if there is any left. martha: john bolton joins me now. former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. it feels like we are on the brink of something here. what it's going to be, we don't know. >> the president is going to use military force. having drawn this red line in the heat of the 2012 election campaign. then 5 or 6 months ago when there was substantial evidence of the asawfd regime using chemical weapons. the president will look even more foolish than he does now. what is the objective of using the military force? what is he trying to accomplish. when does he know he will have used enough? so far we don't have answers to those questions. i think it's symptomatic of the disarray and the administration policy in syria specifically and the middle east in general. >> there is an idea you could launch a fugitive attack for having used
but nor mccain is warning this situation he believes cannot be solved with a single missile attack alone. >> if the united states stands by and doesn't take serious action, not just launching some cruise missiles. our credibility in the world is diminishes even more if there is any left. martha: john bolton joins me now. former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. it feels like we are on the brink of something here. what it's going to be, we don't know. >> the president is going to use...
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martha: senator mccain poibtsd out the last two seals were killed in the final hour of a 7-hour siege. it makes the argument you can't respond to the second 911 call and they can't get there in time a little more complicated, doesn't it? >> it it's a system failure. when general dempsey says the d.o.d. responded appropriately. i think not. not one d.o.d. asset reached these people for over 7 hours. i just find it dumbfounding to believe that we could not provide any military assistance on 9/11 of all days. and given the history of the threat. reports out of libya and the terror situation. this is a system failure. no one is pressing the president. the mainstream media is giving the obama administration a pass and that needs to stop. martha: we'll hear from the cia, the man who is expected to be the head of the cia, downbrennan, there is so much focus on the drone issue. i want to get your thoughts on that. i know you are supportive of that program overall. do you think that because of the drone issue that john brennan will get a pass on what he knew because we haven't heard from him o
martha: senator mccain poibtsd out the last two seals were killed in the final hour of a 7-hour siege. it makes the argument you can't respond to the second 911 call and they can't get there in time a little more complicated, doesn't it? >> it it's a system failure. when general dempsey says the d.o.d. responded appropriately. i think not. not one d.o.d. asset reached these people for over 7 hours. i just find it dumbfounding to believe that we could not provide any military assistance on...
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and the senate, lindsey graham and john mccain are doing their jobs. maybe at some point we move to a select committee but right now the process is working. bill: we'll see if you a couple hours from the hill. alisyn: republicans claimed it was a coverup for political purposes. what they call the white wash of events in benghazi. but was it a national security coverup as well? bill: a former south carolina governor mark sanford is back in the game. how do you pull this own off? we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed much is the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪ to enjoy all of these years. great first gig! let's go! party! awwwww... arigato! we are outta here! party...... finding you the perfect pla
and the senate, lindsey graham and john mccain are doing their jobs. maybe at some point we move to a select committee but right now the process is working. bill: we'll see if you a couple hours from the hill. alisyn: republicans claimed it was a coverup for political purposes. what they call the white wash of events in benghazi. but was it a national security coverup as well? bill: a former south carolina governor mark sanford is back in the game. how do you pull this own off? we went out and...
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senator john mccain will actually be one of prince harry's primary tour guides this afternoon. he is stepping in for his wife cindy who was supposed to take the prince around but had to bow out at the last minute because of a knee injury. one thing to wrap up here, the 28-year-old royal will head acrosstown for a reception at the british embassy. tomorrow morning prince harry will lay a wreath in section 60 in arlington cemetery in northern virginia. that is where many americans killed in iraq and afghanistan are buried. then it is off to walter reed national military medical center. that is where prince harry will get a demo of new prosthetic devices and meet wounded warriors going through rehab right now. heather? heather: peter what is on prince harry's itinerary once he believes the beltway? >> reporter: after he is done in d.c. prince harry will fly to colorado where a team of british wounded warriors competing first time against teams of injured american veterans in the warrior games. then it is off to the big apple for prince harry for some new york fund-raisers before a
senator john mccain will actually be one of prince harry's primary tour guides this afternoon. he is stepping in for his wife cindy who was supposed to take the prince around but had to bow out at the last minute because of a knee injury. one thing to wrap up here, the 28-year-old royal will head acrosstown for a reception at the british embassy. tomorrow morning prince harry will lay a wreath in section 60 in arlington cemetery in northern virginia. that is where many americans killed in iraq...
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yet senator john mccain said this is not a humanitarian issue strictly. he says it's also a national security issue. if russia and hezbollah and iran succeed in keeping assad in power, that only emboldens iran and other groups of terrorists which threaten the united states. what do you think of that? >> i have agree with that. every time we take action in the middle east and act geopolitically we have to keep our focus on the mission. that's the iranian march to dominate the region. that's why they want nuclear weapons. syria is their number one ally. it's so extraordinary since the iranian regime came to power. for them to put boots on the ground to assist the syrian military. they are all in here because of what this means to their desire to dominate the region. they need the anchor point of syria, it's their link to hezbollah, it's related to what's going on in iraq. this is the beginning of their domination. if syria falls and the rebels are able to take control, that's a strategic blow to the iranians. gregg: thank you see much. -- thank you so much.
yet senator john mccain said this is not a humanitarian issue strictly. he says it's also a national security issue. if russia and hezbollah and iran succeed in keeping assad in power, that only emboldens iran and other groups of terrorists which threaten the united states. what do you think of that? >> i have agree with that. every time we take action in the middle east and act geopolitically we have to keep our focus on the mission. that's the iranian march to dominate the region....
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again i go back to my armed services committee experience with senator mccain over those years. we had subcommittees, we took it very seriously. we held hearings, we brought people in. we had a three-day mark up that was sacrosanct. but we also had the qdr, where the defense department submitted that and it helped to provide a framework. so when i got to the state department i said, there is nothing like that at the state department. so i started the first ever quadrenal diplomacy review. you can help me and make the department ask the hard questions if you legislate it the way the qdr is legislated for the defense department. secondly you can help by making sure that the need we come to you with, like what are the training needs, the budgetary needs, the bureaucrat particular changes that arbureau bureaucratic changes that are needed, that you help support that. certainly we talked a little bit about the budget. getting that transfer authority if you can help us with the house it's 1.4 billion, marine security guard detachment, $553 million. we've been closely coordinating with
again i go back to my armed services committee experience with senator mccain over those years. we had subcommittees, we took it very seriously. we held hearings, we brought people in. we had a three-day mark up that was sacrosanct. but we also had the qdr, where the defense department submitted that and it helped to provide a framework. so when i got to the state department i said, there is nothing like that at the state department. so i started the first ever quadrenal diplomacy review. you...
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. >> reporter: now, you've heard republicans like senator john mccain blasting away at statements like that this week, suggesting there's no longer a red line but instead, a green light for president assad to thumb his nose at the u.s., the u.n., others around the world. last point i'd make is the president also made a little bit of news on egypt by saying that while he wants to make sure this new military government is not going against the ideals of the united states by killing its own people, he went on to say he's not sure cutting off u.s. aid will change any behavior. martha: got a lot on his plate. very complicated issues in syria and in egypt that the president has spoken out about now. we'll see you later. >>> back to this story that has captured the attention of so many people really internationally. there's new information on this so-called thrill kill murder of a college athlete in oklahoma that suggests that the young men who told police that they killed chris lane basically for the fun of it, basically out of boredom, was what one of them said, may have had more of a plan
. >> reporter: now, you've heard republicans like senator john mccain blasting away at statements like that this week, suggesting there's no longer a red line but instead, a green light for president assad to thumb his nose at the u.s., the u.n., others around the world. last point i'd make is the president also made a little bit of news on egypt by saying that while he wants to make sure this new military government is not going against the ideals of the united states by killing its own...
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senator john mccain, as you know, has criticized the administration for failing to follow our own law that requires the suspension of foreign aid to a country that undergoes a military coup. yet the administration is not calling what is happening in egypt is military coup, nor is it suspending aid at least as of yesterday. here's josh earnest. >> that is something we're evaluating on an ongoing basis. that's the purpose of these reviews is to determine what impact it would have on our national security, whether it's in compliance with the law, and is it going to get us closer to see the outcome this egypt that we would like to see. >> reporter: the u.s., as you know, gregg, did earlier suspend a shipment of f-16 fighters to the egyptian military. gregg: yeah. and now allegedly they're going to turn to russia for that hardware. look, the daily beast is reporting today, doug, that the united states has decided to quietly suspend most military aid to egypt. any truth to that report? >> reporter: that report apparently comes, at least from the daily beast -- from u.s. senator patrick leah
senator john mccain, as you know, has criticized the administration for failing to follow our own law that requires the suspension of foreign aid to a country that undergoes a military coup. yet the administration is not calling what is happening in egypt is military coup, nor is it suspending aid at least as of yesterday. here's josh earnest. >> that is something we're evaluating on an ongoing basis. that's the purpose of these reviews is to determine what impact it would have on our...
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at its worst, and john mccain said it best on greta van susteren. it was an honest moment. he said that politicians care about their approval ratings. notice i'm not talking about party here. governor palin has a point, galvanizing moments happen with this. ted cruz went down can with a fight. he was going to lose, but it galvanized the americans. so put aside the polls and look at what really happens legislatively. look at what the ratings agencies will do. chinese, their ratings agency, they downgraded us to an a-. moody's, fitch and s&p, their looking at us. -- they're looking at us. so what actually happened? get past the scorecard. forget the about the polls. we've got to get to the ballot box. but my admonition to anybody out there, we need to fix the structure of the gop and put up credible candidates who can win, who have the ability to do the job, not anymore christine o'donnells, it just doesn't work. swraim jake and let me, without picking on anybody, you sound energized. so david is looking forward. he's not looking back, he's looking at what's going to happen n
at its worst, and john mccain said it best on greta van susteren. it was an honest moment. he said that politicians care about their approval ratings. notice i'm not talking about party here. governor palin has a point, galvanizing moments happen with this. ted cruz went down can with a fight. he was going to lose, but it galvanized the americans. so put aside the polls and look at what really happens legislatively. look at what the ratings agencies will do. chinese, their ratings agency, they...
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heather: republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham asking whether revealing information about the al qaeda communication intercept that led to the current terror warning could severely damage future anti-terror efforts by tipping off our enemies. peter brookes, a former cia operative and senior fellow of national security affairs at the heritage foundation. thank you for joining us, peter. >> good to be with you. heather: does this put us at risk? >> absolutely. this sort of sensitive intelligence or sensitive information about our intelligence sources and methods is really never good. you don't want the bad guys to know how you do what you do. the magical arts of our intelligence communities and how they gather the information they have. because they can take efforts to, you know, not use telephones or not use email or, anything else. it also hurts us with international partners, who may be cooperating with us. if they think the information they share with us or more so their intelligence sources and methods are going to end up on the front page of a newspaper, or in the medi
heather: republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham asking whether revealing information about the al qaeda communication intercept that led to the current terror warning could severely damage future anti-terror efforts by tipping off our enemies. peter brookes, a former cia operative and senior fellow of national security affairs at the heritage foundation. thank you for joining us, peter. >> good to be with you. heather: does this put us at risk? >> absolutely. this sort...